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Meet Sithara: Pharmacy Technician at HSC
Read Article: Meet Sithara: Pharmacy Technician at HSCFor Sithara, accuracy isn’t just part of the job — it’s kind of the whole point. As a Pharmacy Technician in the Adult Inpatient Pharmacy at Health Sciences Centre, Sithara plays a vital role in ensuring every patient’s medication history is complete, correct, and up to date. Sithara has worked in health care for 25…
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Meet Shevon: Sonographer, Brandon Regional Health Centre
Read Article: Meet Shevon: Sonographer, Brandon Regional Health CentreWith 24 years in health care (two as a medical laboratory technologist and 22 as a sonographer), Shevon brings experience, perspective, and teamwork to her role at the Brandon Regional Health Centre. Shevon became interested in a career in health care at a young age, when she was exposed to the reality that everyone needs…
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Meet Kim: Sonographer at St. Boniface Hospital
Read Article: Meet Kim: Sonographer at St. Boniface HospitalOver the past 16 years, Kim has worked as a general duty, senior, and charge sonographer. She began her career as a new graduate in Brandon before moving to St. Boniface Hospital in Winnipeg, where she has spent the majority of her career. An Extension of the Radiologist Sonographers are on the frontline of imaging,…
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Meet Brandi: Senior Sonographer at Neepawa Health Centre
Read Article: Meet Brandi: Senior Sonographer at Neepawa Health CentreGrowing up in rural Manitoba, Brandi always knew she wanted to work in the medical field. Her interest was officially sparked during high school, when she job shadowed in the diagnostic imaging department at Neepawa Health Centre. “I loved the structured schedule and the variety in scans. It was a career I could really see…
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Meet Breanne, Charge Sonographer at St. Boniface Hospital
Read Article: Meet Breanne, Charge Sonographer at St. Boniface HospitalBreanne has worked in the Ultrasound Department at St. Boniface Hospital for more than a decade and employed in the health-care sector for over twenty years. As Charge Sonographer, she keeps her team safe, ensures the quality of their diagnostic scans, and makes patients the centre of everything they do. “I truly have the best…
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Meet Robin: Sonographer at Grace Hospital
Read Article: Meet Robin: Sonographer at Grace HospitalWhen patients come through the doors of the Grace Hospital with issues like abdominal pain or pelvic concerns, chances are good that a sonographer, such as Robin, will be part of their care team. Diagnostic Medical Sonography, also known as Ultrasound, uses high-frequency sound waves to support medical diagnoses. As part of the patient care…
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Message from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Member Safety & Health
Read Article: Message from MAHCP President Jason Linklater on Member Safety & HealthPosted on September 29, 2025 Health care is a dangerous place to work. Injury rates in health care, including physical and psychological injuries, are higher than in any other sector or profession, according to Manitoba Workers Compensation Board statistics. Despite the risks, we still show up for our patients, clients, and residents every day. The…
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MAHCP statement to our members at Women’s Health Clinic
Read Article: MAHCP statement to our members at Women’s Health ClinicPosted September 16, 2025 During the week of September 8, Women’s Health Clinic made headlines due to the resignation of its five-year Executive Director, who cited an environment tainted by “toxicity and latent and overt racism and white privilege”. Women’s Health Clinic staff includes 30 valuable MAHCP members who work as counsellors, educators, dietitians, and…
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Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees launches new website
Read Article: Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees launches new websiteUpdate from MFUR President Paul Moist Posted September 2, 2025 The Manitoba Federation of Union Retirees (MFUR) is back online with a new website stronger than ever! MFUR was “re-booted” in May 2024 after ceasing operations during the COVID pandemic. As the Manitoba affiliate of the 500,000-member Congress of Union Retirees of Canada (CURC), MFUR…
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MAHCP statement about CancerCare Manitoba’s safety & security protocols
Read Article: MAHCP statement about CancerCare Manitoba’s safety & security protocolsPosted August 20, 2025 It has been less than two weeks since concerns about safety and security at the Health Sciences Centre campus reached a boiling point following escalating violence. Yet, this week, CancerCare Manitoba was in the news for continuing to direct staff to use one of five less secure building doors other than…
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MAHCP statement in response to WRHA home care scheduling & staffing crisis
Read Article: MAHCP statement in response to WRHA home care scheduling & staffing crisisPosted July 31, 2025 Imagine living with Parkinson’s disease and moving to a more accessible home (just 10 minutes from your previous address), only to discover that your four daily home care appointments won’t be available to you for FIVE weeks. Then imagine your 72-year-old spouse, who is still employed full-time, will be serving as…
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Statement from Jason Linklater in response to STARS contract renewal announcement
Read Article: Statement from Jason Linklater in response to STARS contract renewal announcementPosted July 12, 2025 Yesterday, the Province of Manitoba celebrated its renewal of the STARS air ambulance contract at a cost of $84 million over 10 years. While we acknowledge that STARS provides life-saving interventions to critically ill patients, but STARS alone can’t fix Manitoba’s emergency response crisis. What the government failed to mention is…
